Bed.



T. H. SORLIBN.

BED. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 29, 1913.

1,109,476. 111111111111 sept. 1,1914.

I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

, I v TToRf/EYS 1HE MORRIS PETERS CD.. PNTilI'NO.4 WSHINGYUN. D. C.

T. H. SORLIEN.

BED.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 29, i913.

yPatentedsepth 1, 1914.

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ATTORNEYS WITNESSES 1HE MORRIS PETERS C0..PH010LIYHO WASMINGroN. D. r-

THnoDonE H. Somali. o FGRANIVrE FALLS, MINNESOTA.

Beit `known thatV L iT'HE the. following is aspecifcation'. j

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oc'cupyanyof theor vspace in"the1room in ywhieh. eheyf ere' leeete' c f fticularljy' to an, improvement upon: thea ychara'cte1-' of beds 3 as described and claimed "in mygfatenta Numbers-1065740Jfand' #1069585, respectively granted Jun'eeZ/l, v1913 enana' Se 5,1913.' i f1 present improvements 41s sprocket'chain f connection bee tween/fthe (':ran'ky shaft 4 and the 'upper side present invention, relateswtofan im-l provement in thaty class of beds y designed. to I be elevated .or raised into'- ari-opening l1n the- .flihg' when notfin usefsoA `that theywill not and )more iparove Thee ieeei to provide a Wall' shaft in vorder todo away with the verl tical side, wall 'shaft' before proposed, :amir y a certain' structure aroundl jjalsoftof'provide 25.7

Athe false ceilingy the ceiling opening and cooperating with `vcealfth'e latter rom observationwhenjthe *l Still` -furtherobjects arel directed toward i the' "specific structure'of --the bed frame' and w will fbe lbetter understood' 7 bedgie A1eweeed;ieed ovementf without the necessityfor the usep,

1 rounding permit of 'its lxfrertieal of limiting' chains'.

, the accompanying drawing' which 1llustrates rmy` present improvements, Figure l,"

4is 'a vertical section taken -througha rooml `Lltmgitudin'all'y of "ting therein.`4` F1 Fig. l.; Fig.4 3,'.1s a bottom plan view ofv a my -improvedybed op'erate 2, isa verticali'transverse "stantiallyy on ,f line,i2,-,2` of section takensuportion of the'false'ceilingtpart'and thesnr-v ceiling. 'Fig. -4,-'1sfa plan view l ofthe foot end of the bedffraine showing the 45"l l fside'elevatlon of the, parts illustrated in Fig.

- 4, showing positions."

legs in' inner" raisedposition. `IFig:I 5, .is a the: `legs in their outer lowered Fig. 6, is a detail vertical sec,-

l tion, taken fon yan enlargedscale,` .through vcent ends" ofthe tubular leg ext/en art-whereby to at once contube, Substantially on line'B- GofFig 4, "nu H. ySo'mju'isjzmff fa `citizen of'lthe United; ,States-,f and a resi.

``dent of Granite Falls, iinthefcounty of Yel-j. low Medicine and State v"of ltlinnesota,` have' invented an Improvement'in Beds,"of .which and..Fig. y7, is afvertical transverse section,

taken,` on -an enlarged scale4 through. these .t parts substantiallycon line 7-7 .of'Fig v6. j. Referringnow' to these figures, a:` repref. 'sents an opening formed" inthe .ceiling A of y aroom, prefera I i thereof, this opening a being .adaptedntq recelve' the loedd therein@ The bed. B con .fsists'iessentially Aofa frame, the. lowersur- .vface of which Ilepreferably decorate to'eon-A form :to the decoration of the ceiling A tobe ly-.adj acentto t one Iside wall hereinafter vparticularly referredA to. .l The I l bedB lsprovid'ed adjacent oneend farthest V awayfrom the wall A with legs-b adaptedv n i tobefolded into its frame when the-'bed is lraised withinv the ceiling opening.v At its opposite end thebed is provided: with guide -Inembers b projecting longitudinally there" froinandslidably engaging and bearing on rigid uprights C, these uprights ,bein cured-at their lower ends to the door o the' lfroom to upstandalongits side wall A', and being provlded adjacent y'their lower endsv with rigidstopsc spaced va distance above the'fioorcorresponding tothe length of the legs b of the bed.' 'i

y,The bed isgralsedbynieansofchains D; .i

apdfD connectedlat their lowerends to the yframe thereof and extending upwardly through the ceiling opening aand laterally opening, the opposite "ends extending down- 4wardly in the rear of the-sidewall A over sprocket wheels e mounted `uponthefhorifzontal sidewall shaft'E and vconnected to counter-balancing weights H. The side wall `shaft E is also provided withv a. sprocket ywheel actuated,y by means` of a chain F, 'ex

.over pulleys a mounted above `the'oeilingV tending-vertically in the Space Iin the rear.

.of the sidewall A', which chain is', 'con' -nec'tedgat its lower jend about a wheel g" on a crankshaft G.' journaled through .the sidev :wall A and to which a crank G indicated atdotted lines in-Fig. 1 vmay be fitted.,l

' "Referring now particularly to Figs. 1. and 3 it will be seen'that yI surround thelkceiling 'opening a with a bearingstrip a2, secured to the lower surface of the ceilingA with its Qin-neredge extending inwardly rvb'eyogl'ld lthe sides of the opening so as to*receivefthereon Iaway with all connections for either guiding the :false ceiling part J, the size and shape of which aresnchthat it lits slidably within the opening a and is confined in its vertical movement only by the side walls a3 of the opening. I also preferably decorate the lower surface of the ceiling by forming the saine with a plurality of panels divided by strips, of which the bearing strips a2 betere mentioned are. a part, the other parts of the division strips being in the iioini oi moldings atarranged upon opposite sides of the strip a2 so that by. providing the lower surtace of the 'false ceiling part J with a molding j around its lower surface and near its outeredge, its lower surface will form one of the panels of the ceiling when lowered by lowering the bed to operative position. In this manner I do away with the necessity :tor a vertical shaft and its journals by the provision of the sprocket chain F and I do or limiting the movements et the false ceiling part J, and it shouldY be stated that these features constitute material advantages in the practical use and application of beds of this character within completed houses.

Referring now to the particular construction of the bed B as illustrated in Figs. 4 to 7 inclusive, it will be seen that the legs b are each provided with inwardly projecting angular portions adjoining their upper ends and in the ifo-rm of tubes 52. The tubular portions b2 of the legs just mentioned extend I towardone'another transversely of the bed and in a line parallel with the toot board 3, and are journaled through brackets b4 secured to said :toot board. Between the inner brackets 64 is disposed a supporting tube b5,

thus confined to prevent longitudinal inovements, and adapted to telescopingly receive the inner adjacent ends of the tubes )2,these vends being cut away aiidvprovided with ,in-

nery opposino racks be between and in enffa.0fenieiit with which is a Dinion 67 carried .e :a L

by a transverse pin ES, the ends of which are secured through the supporting tube b5'. Thus when one leg is grasped and moved outwardly, the opposing leg Z) is given simil'arniovement in order that the legs may be either disposed in a vertical operative position along the side of the bed and confined between the end posts of the bed frame and spring clips b9 secured to the bed sides, or

' moved upwardly and thrust inwardly to rest in horizontal positions upon the upper edges of the bed sides, as particularly shown in Fig. t, to permit the bed frame to be raised inthe ceiling' opening. y

It is to be understood that I may employ either sprocket chains with sprocket wheels to form the flexible connections between the bed framek and 'the `upper side wall shaft E and also between the latter shaft and the crank shaft G, or I may torni these conncctions by means ot ordinary link chains and wheels having` pockets to receive the links ot the chain, the rst mentioned torni oil. the flexible connection being` shown at D and D and the latter :torni being shown at F. It is also to bc understood that instead oit providing the bed traine with guide rods C and guide pieces 7). I may duplicate the lee; structure before described with reference tb Figs. 4.- to T inclusive, providing such a structure at each end of the bed. It is also to'be understood that in specifying paneled ceilings I include under this terni what are generally known as beamed ceilings and that the bottom of the bed may be so proportioned and decorated with respect to the proportions and decorations of the ceiling` as to torni either one or more panels or divi sions thereof. In addition to this I wish it, understood that thc vertical members (l which form guides may be dispensed with in case a bedis desired to be located centrally within a room or at sonic distance away from any of the sidewalls, in which case it will of course be necessary to provide legs panels, certain of which ai'e extended around the said opening with their inner edges projecting inwardly beyond the sides of the opening, of a bed iexibly suspended :tor movement within and out of the said ceiling opening, means for movingthe bed, and a false ceiling plate freely movable in a vcrtical direction within the ceiling opening and adapted to rest at its side edges upon the inwardly projecting edges ot the said division strip surrounding the opening, when the bed is lowered in operative position.

2. The combination with the ceiling ot a room having an opening, of a bed flexibly suspended for movement within the said opening, comprising side and end walls and a base, legs movable to vertical and horizontal positions with respect to the side walls of the bed :trame and having tubular transverse extensions at one end extending transversely of the bed in the saine plane, brackets secured to the bed frame and through which the said tubular extensions are mounted to rotate and movc longitudinally, a tube confined between certain o'l thc brackets and in which the inner adjacent ends ot' the tubular leg extensions are disposed, said inner ends of said leg extensions being cut away and provided with inner v v Copielff this patent obtained for tive cents each, by addressing 1,109,476 i i s n racks,la piniondisposedb'etweenand engagnectons forflraising and lowering the bed ing the said racks at itsopposibe sides, a pin Within and outof the ceiling opening, all for secured through the confined tube and upon'y the purpose described.

which the -pinion is* journaled," whereby yTHEODORE H. SORLIEN. 5.1novement- Aof one leg will beoommunicatsedv Witnesses: v

- to the other, spring fclips' for oonningthe O. A.. 4KNUl'nsoN,

legs in vertical operative positiomund *con-y L. M. STREET. n

the Commissioner of. ZPatents, Washington, D. C. v v 

